News archive from 15 July 2015

Lady Mary may have done a couple scandalous things on Downton Abbey (well, by Victorian standards, anyway) but she's a choir girl compared to Michelle Dockery's next TV character.
With Downton closing up shop this year following its sixth season, the...

Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, which already has vowed to use only American-made materials in its construction projects, is now going green.
The charity unveiled its Solar for Good initiative Tuesday by showing off a 12,000-square-foot solar...

Five hotels formerly owned by embattled businessman Nik Patel's company are set to be sold through an online auction starting Monday, including three prominent hotels in the Orlando area.
The hotels include one operating as a Doubletree by Hilton near...

Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, which already has vowed to use only American-made materials in its construction projects, is now going green.
The charity unveiled its Solar for Good initiative Tuesday by showing off a 12,000-square-foot solar...

When Orlando City takes the field against English Premier League team West Bromwich Albion Wednesday night, many of the Lions will go into the night with one goal: to emerge without injury.
Several players who have received limited or no playing time...

SACRAMENTO -- A man who witnesses said was trying to hop the gate of a Sacramento apartment complex ended up impaling himself on the wrought iron fence.
According to the Public Safety News Network, it's unknown why the suspect was fleeing the area –...

USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken discusses the impact new defensive coordinators Will Muschamp and John Chavis will have at Auburn and Texas A&M.
HOOVER, Ala. — College football's offensive revolution has changed quite a bit about what constitutes...

USA TODAY Sports' Ted Berg looks ahead to baseball's second half.
CINCINNATI -- Back in 2009, then-Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu was part of the American League's All-Star coaching staff, so he flew with his two All-Star players, outfielder Ichiro...

The Buffalo Bills got a big shake-up.
Considering the franchise's track record over the last two decades, overhauls in western New York have become rather routine. But consider that this one happened after a 9-7 season that fell just short of the...

A historic deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions has fanned fresh fears on Wall Street of an oil glut.
The agreement announced Tuesday will lift crippling economic sanctions on Iran, paving the way for Tehran to boost its oil exports at a time when...

DETROIT — An anguished mother told a packed courtroom how she still has nightmares about her son being attacked and mauled to death by two large dogs as he jogged along a rural road in Michigan a year ago.
"I am trying to help him and I can't get...

WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after the Supreme Court narrowly approved a controversial form of lethal injection, the justices gave the green light for executions to resume Tuesday night in Missouri.
The state planned to execute convicted murderer David...

Fun facts – news you can actually use – about the hike up the North Face Trail at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood:
-- Hike the full trail and there’s no need to hike down because you can catch a free return ride on the aerial tram.
>-- Adults should...

Tony Stewart is in a funk. A blurry haze of frustration. Inexplicable ineptitude.
He looks at the pit stall of his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet and sees a brick wall.
"We're desperately trying to figure out what it's going to take to move...

Pete Rose was met with a standing ovation Tuesday night when he took the field at the Great American Ball Park before the 86th All-Star game in Cincinnati despite his banned status with Major League Baseball.
Rose stood in front of Reds fans with the...